Inflammatory Bowel DiseasesIBDMEDNCT05536544
The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Mediterranean Diet (IBDMED) Microbiome-targeting Nutritional Education Program
A study testing IBDMED in people with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, run by Rabin Medical Center at 2 sites in 2 countries.
Trial summary
The rising incidence of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), especially in the newly industrialized nations of Asia, highlights the possible role of environmental triggers such as diet and the gut microbiome in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 65 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- What is being tested?
- IBDMED
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 120 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesin 2 countries
- Study dates
- 1 Sep 2022to Dec 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 65 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patients with early CD, defined as up to 12 months from diagnosis
- Inflammatory (B1) phenotype, specifically-no known fibrostenotic (B2) or internal penetrating (B3) disease. No known perianal disease (p). Any CD location will be included (L1-4)
- Patients with mild CD as measured by HBI 5-7 or CDAI 150-220 or patients with HBI<5 or CDAI<150 with at least one additional objective measure of inflammation: 1. inflammatory biomarkers: elevated CRP or fecal calprotectin at enrollment; active disease by endoscopy or VCE performed up to 12 weeks prior to enrollment; active inflammation demonstrated by imaging (CTE, MRE, IUS) performed up to 12 weeks prior to enrollment.
- Any stable concomitant CD therapy is allowed. 5-ASA (stable dose for at least 2 weeks), steroids (budesonide or any non topical corticosteroids)-stable dose for at least 2 weeks: prednisone up to 20 mg/day or budesonide up to 6 mg/day; immunomodulators (stable dose for 8 weeks) and/ or anti-TNFs at least 4 weeks after the end of induction or any optimization; anti integrins at least 4 weeks after the end of induction or any optimization; anti IL12/IL23 at least 4 weeks after the end of induction or any optimization; None of the above. For inclusion in a non-steroid group, a 2-week washout period will be required.
- TB evaluation was done in the Indian population
- For India-Hindi/Telugu speakers
- Willing and able to sign an informed consent form
- Willing and able to participate and adhere to IBDMED program
Who cannot join
- Pregnant women
- Diabetes mellitus
- Any previous gastrointestinal surgery (except appendectomy)
- Antibiotic therapy during the 4 weeks prior to enrollment. After enrollment, a non-CD short course of antibiotics will be allowed, if prescribed
- Any concomitant disease or treatment that according to the treating physician considerations interferes with patient safety or study outcomes (specifically-uncontrolled thyroid disease, renal failure)
- Undernutrition or need for enteral nutrition supplementation according to the treating dietitian
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 2 countries.
2 sites in 2 countries
India1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
Hyderabad
Rupa Banerjee, Dr
Israel1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Rabin Medical Center
Petah Tikva
Iris Dotan, Prof, +97237525015, irisdo@clalit.org.il
Lihi Godny, PhD, +97237525015, lihigodny@gmail.com
About this study
Official title: The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Mediterranean Diet (IBDMED) Microbiome-targeting Nutritional Education Program for CD Control and Prevention
The rising incidence of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), especially in the newly industrialized nations of Asia, highlights the possible role of environmental triggers such as diet and the gut microbiome in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The Mediterranean diet (MED) has been previously correlated with beneficial outcomes in several chronic and immune-mediated diseases and has been linked with positive outcomes in IBD. However, consumption of high fiber foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and nuts may be challenging for patients with IBD without tight dietary guidance and support.
The IBDMED nutritional education program aims to improve the adherence of patients with IBD to MED. Patients are educated on how to implement and incorporate MED principles into their daily lifestyle, by providing information, tips, practical tools, cooking methods and recipes, that are available on an interactive website and application. Patients are monitored for their diet, sleep, physical activity and stress levels via fitness trackers and questionnaires developed for this study and receive feedback and personal recommendations from the study dietitians along the way.
This RCT will assess the feasibility and effects of an 8-week IBDMED nutritional and lifestyle education program vs. the nutritional standard of care in patients with newly diagnosed CD and in healthy subjects in Israel and India.
- Conditions
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Being tested
- IBDMED, Control
- Keywords
- IBD
- Medical subject headings
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
IBDMEDOther
The IBDMED program will be applied for 8 weeks and include education on MED diet and lifestyle components, focused on increasing and diversifying dietary fiber intake, reduction of ultra-processed food intake and promoting an active lifestyle. This intervention is digitally supported by an interactive website application and step trackers to monitor lifestyle parameters.
ControlOther
Dietary counseling according to the local dietary guidelines for patients with IBD
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| IBDMED-ISR | Other | Patients with newly diagnosed CD in Israel Receives: Other: IBDMED; Other: Control |
| IBDMED-IND | Other | Patients with newly diagnosed CD in India Receives: Other: IBDMED; Other: Control |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Composite biological score
A composite biological score comprised of changes in clinical (HBI/CDAI), inflammatory (CRP/calprotectin) and microbial (diversity, MDI) indices. A decrease in clinical indices, inflammatory markers or MDI will be considered positive and will be scored as follows: -10%: +1 point, -20%: +2 points, -30%: +3 points; An increase in microbial diversity will be considered positive and will be scored as follows: +10%: +1 point, +20%: +2 points, +30%: +3 points. The composite biological score ranges between 0-15 points.
Measured: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes (3)
Clinical and inflammatory response
Decrease in inflammatory activity: at least 30% decrease in HBI and/or CDAI and the additional inflammatory biomarker used at inclusion. In any case where CRP or fecal calprotectin were elevated, they will be used to evaluate decreased activity.
Measured: 8 weeks
Improvement in quality of life
Improved quality of life as assessed by the PRO2 (≥50% or ≥ 4 points)
Measured: 8 weeks
Dietary adherance
Adherence to IBDMED in India and Israel-measured by IBDMED score. The IBDMED adherance screener includes 11 items and ranges between 0-30.
Measured: 8 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Sep 2022
- Study start1 Sep 2022 (estimated)
- Primary completionMay 2023 (estimated)
- Study completionDec 2024 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Inflammatory Bowel DiseasesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Care provider
- Enrolment
- 120 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Rabin Medical Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, India
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, IRIS DOTAN, Rabin Medical Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05536544
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 0359-21
- Acronym
- IBDMED
- Status last verified
- Sep 2022
- First submitted
- 1 Sep 2022
- Last updated
- 13 Sep 2022
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 13 Sep 2022. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Mediterranean Diet (IBDMED) Microbiome-targeting Nutritional Education Program for CD Control and Prevention
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05536544
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- IBDMED / 0359-21
- Conditions
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Keywords
- IBD
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 120 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Rabin Medical CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, India
- Study start
- 1 Sep 2022 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- May 2023 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Dec 2024 (estimated)
- First posted
- 13 Sep 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The rising incidence of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), especially in the newly industrialized nations of Asia, highlights the possible role of environmental triggers such as diet and the gut microbiome in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The Mediterranean diet (MED) has been previously correlated with beneficial outcomes in several chronic and immune-mediated diseases and has been linked with positive outcomes in IBD. However, consumption of high fiber foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and nuts may be challenging for patients with IBD without tight dietary guidance and support.
The IBDMED nutritional education program aims to improve the adherence of patients with IBD to MED. Patients are educated on how to implement and incorporate MED principles into their daily lifestyle, by providing information, tips, practical tools, cooking methods and recipes, that are available on an interactive website and application. Patients are monitored for their diet, sleep, physical activity and stress levels via fitness trackers and questionnaires developed for this study and receive feedback and personal recommendations from the study dietitians along the way.
This RCT will assess the feasibility and effects of an 8-week IBDMED nutritional and lifestyle education program vs. the nutritional standard of care in patients with newly diagnosed CD and in healthy subjects in Israel and India.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (care provider)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| IBDMED-ISR | Other | Other: IBDMED, Other: ControlPatients with newly diagnosed CD in Israel |
| IBDMED-IND | Other | Other: IBDMED, Other: ControlPatients with newly diagnosed CD in India |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (8 listed)
- Patients with early CD, defined as up to 12 months from diagnosis
- Inflammatory (B1) phenotype, specifically-no known fibrostenotic (B2) or internal penetrating (B3) disease. No known perianal disease (p). Any CD location will be included (L1-4)
- Patients with mild CD as measured by HBI 5-7 or CDAI 150-220 or patients with HBI<5 or CDAI<150 with at least one additional objective measure of inflammation: 1. inflammatory biomarkers: elevated CRP or fecal calprotectin at enrollment; active disease by endoscopy or VCE performed up to 12 weeks prior to enrollment; active inflammation demonstrated by imaging (CTE, MRE, IUS) performed up to 12 weeks prior to enrollment.
- Any stable concomitant CD therapy is allowed. 5-ASA (stable dose for at least 2 weeks), steroids (budesonide or any non topical corticosteroids)-stable dose for at least 2 weeks: prednisone up to 20 mg/day or budesonide up to 6 mg/day; immunomodulators (stable dose for 8 weeks) and/ or anti-TNFs at least 4 weeks after the end of induction or any optimization; anti integrins at least 4 weeks after the end of induction or any optimization; anti IL12/IL23 at least 4 weeks after the end of induction or any optimization; None of the above. For inclusion in a non-steroid group, a 2-week washout period will be required.
- TB evaluation was done in the Indian population
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Pregnant women
- Diabetes mellitus
- Any previous gastrointestinal surgery (except appendectomy)
- Antibiotic therapy during the 4 weeks prior to enrollment. After enrollment, a non-CD short course of antibiotics will be allowed, if prescribed
- Any concomitant disease or treatment that according to the treating physician considerations interferes with patient safety or study outcomes (specifically-uncontrolled thyroid disease, renal failure)
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| IBDMEDThe IBDMED program will be applied for 8 weeks and include education on MED diet and lifestyle components, focused on increasing and diversifying dietary fiber intake, reduction of ultra-processed food intake and promoting an active lifestyle. This intervention is digitally supported by an interactive website application and step trackers to monitor lifestyle parameters. | Other | IBDMED-IND, IBDMED-ISR |
| ControlDietary counseling according to the local dietary guidelines for patients with IBD | Other | IBDMED-IND, IBDMED-ISR |
Primary outcome
Composite biological score
Time frame: 8 weeks
A composite biological score comprised of changes in clinical (HBI/CDAI), inflammatory (CRP/calprotectin) and microbial (diversity, MDI) indices. A decrease in clinical indices, inflammatory markers or MDI will be considered positive and will be scored as follows: -10%: +1 point, -20%: +2 points, -30%: +3 points; An increase in microbial diversity will be considered positive and will be scored as follows: +10%: +1 point, +20%: +2 points, +30%: +3 points. The composite biological score ranges between 0-15 points.
3 secondary outcomes
Clinical and inflammatory response
Time frame: 8 weeks
Improvement in quality of life
Time frame: 8 weeks
Dietary adherance
Time frame: 8 weeks
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 13 Sep 2022.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
2 sites in 2 countries: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing IBDMED in people with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, run by Rabin Medical Center at 2 sites in 2 countries.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Sep 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in India, Israel. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Iris Dotan, Prof (+97237525015, irisdo@clalit.org.il), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Composite biological score (time frame: 8 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Sep 2022.